Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has criticised the Federal Government's handling of separatist agitations emanating from the South Eastern region of the country, urging for a more careful approach.
The governor decried the army's show of force in dealing with agitators in the region, drawing comparisons with how the Arewa groups in the north were treated after they threatened Igbo residents in the northern region.
Fayose issued his condemnation of the government's approach through his Twitter account (@GovAyoFayose), on Thursday, September 14, 2017.
He tweeted, "For whatever reasons, the Federal Government should have allowed the Southeast governors to interface with Kanu and resolve issues instead of this show of force.
"If Northern governors were allowed to resolve the Arewa Youths threat that the Igbos should leave the North, why not allow Southeast governors to resolve Kanu's?"
On June 6, a coalition of northern youths issued a threatening quit notice warning Igbos living in the northern region of the country to leave before October 1.
The coalition, which includes Arewa Citizens Action for Change, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Arewa Youth Development Foundation, Arewa Students Forum and Northern Emancipation Network, promised to execute measures to carry out their directive.
After widespread criticism and months of intervention meetings both by the Federal Government and the governors of the country's 19 northern states, the coalition withdrew the quit notice on Thursday, August 24, at a press briefing at the Transcorp Hotel in Abuja.
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